Syntax

The syntax of the ASSIGN statement is:

ASSIGN @io-path [TO target] [;attrib [,attrib...] ]

Where:

@io-path = a legal I/O path variable name

target = device-selector [, device-selector...] | file-specifier | pipe-specifier | BUFFER {string-name$ | numeric-array(*) | ‘[‘buf-size’]’}

attrib =FORMAT {ON|OFF|MSB FIRST|LSB FIRST} | {BYTE|WORD} | EOL eol-chars [END] [DELAY seconds] | EOL OFF | APPEND | RETURN numeric-name

buf-size = size of the buffer in bytes

eol-chars = string expression of up to 8 characters

seconds = numeric-expression rounded to the nearest 0.001 through 32.767 (default is 0)

The following paragraphs give some explanation of how to ASSIGN the different I/O targets: devices, files, and buffers. Then the different I/O attributes are explained.